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B. F. SHETJABARGER, GF MIFFLINTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.

manine CANDLES" i' Sg'ecicetlon ci Letters Patent No. 5,139, dated June 5, 1847. v

To @il Lelio/122,625 may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN F. SHELA- sanear., of Milintown, in the lcounty of :iuniata and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and'lmproved Machine for lilolding Candles ofTallow, Sperm, or other Substances l/vhile in* a Cold State and l do nereoy declare the following to be a full. clear, and exaetdeseription of the construc- 'tion and operation thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making e partot` this specification, in which- Figure l., is a perspective View, Fig. 2is a vertical longitudinal section, and Fig. 3, is a perspective View of a detached portion of 'the machine.

Similar letters refer to corresponding parts in all the figures.

M, is platform, and l), l?, P', are stand` ards rising' :rom the same, supporting the respective parts ol the machine.

rl., is a cylinder 1n which the tallow or other suitable substance is placed. preparatory to molding; K, a piston Working in the cylinder A, attached to the end of the hollow cylinder B. rEhe outer or front end `Rif the cylinder B, is supported' by, and

siides upon the ways or guiding rods 7L, being connected to the same by the'project ing arms In, is, asrepresented. The rear end of the cylinder. terminates in. av hollow cone s, tov which the molding tube j", is connected; is a small tube foi-conducting wicking to', the candle while forming in the molding' tube f. The tube 5 has its front end made fast in' the front standard P, and extends to the rear, through the center ot' the cylinder' B, the piston K, and the cylinder A; terminating at the point where the molding tube j", joins the hollow cone s,

, Where its rear end is stayed by the arms c, c, c, c, in such a position to form an annular space 'oet-weon the same, and the molding tube f.

The wicking is wound upon a rcel E, supported by the standards Q, Q, rising from the trout end of the machine; g, is an arl- ]'lltzlble brake for retarding the motion of the meal l1): the wickinnr is carried from the reet iii, 'to .i groovcd pulley l), placedlzclow the same, around which it is given one or two turns and is thcnpusscil through the lube L. The pulley l), is placed on the center of the shaft F, which has its bearings in y the front lends Vof the side rails V, V. The

shaft F, has` a pulley G', attached to one. of

4its ends, which is connected by a band e,

with the pulley G, on the, shaft H, 'which has its bearings in the 'rear rails V, V. To the center of the shaft H, there is secured a Wheel J, to the periphery of Whieh'there is attached a curved cutter a, for cutting oi the candles to suitable length. R, R, are' standards rising from the rear end of the platform M, supporting the axle of the pulley L. (Z, is a conical spiral cutter, attached to the .front end of the aXle of the pulley L, for tipping and pointing the candles, as it is revolved. The form of the cutter al, is shown in Fig. l, more distinctly.

The operation of my improved candle molding machine, is as follows: The tallow, sperm, or other suitable material, is in the first place cut into thin slices, by a plane,

or other suitable cutting instrument, for the purpose of rendering the candles uniform in hardness and 1n their appearance; 1t 1s y*placed in the cylinder A; motion is then impartedto the conical cutter rl, and to the piston K; the movement of the piston condenses the talloW in the hollow cone s, and forces it into the molding tube as the talends of the side low enters the molding tube, it unites around the cord of wicking and forms the candle in the molding tube. The forward movement of thewicking as the candle is foi-ined andl passes out of the molding tube, imparts motion lto the pulley D, and thereby to the pnl-- ley G', and the shaft H. l

The length of the candles are regulated by the sizeg'oir' the wheel J, and the number of-eutters placed upon the same. The canv (lle as it emerges from the tube f, passes to the conical cutter (l, directed by suitable guides if"neccsisary. The cutter a, is so arranged that it acts upon the candle immediatelynfter its point has been formed by the conical cutter rl. The force required for cutting ofi'l the candle is exerted by the candle itself in being forced against the cutter. causing it to pass through the same as the wheel J, revolves. The strength of the wickingr being merely/sullicient to impart motionl to the axles F, and H,'and thereby to bring the cutter a to its proper position for acting on the candle, at the moment its tip-has been finished by the cutter al..A

cyllndc'r A, piston K, Wick The candles as they are pointed` and cut o, may be removed from the machine by an vendless apron or other suitable machen ieal device, atthe opto of the person using the machine. A

VVhetJ .I claim es my invention and desire to secure by Letters Yutent, is-

1L The manner in which I form dles, Eoint them, and eutthem to a suitable lengt at one operation, by means of the tube molcng tube f, grooved puey D,

connecting banc'i e,- t-he cutter 'wheel J, curved cutter a, and geniaal spinal cutter d, comthe cangppeamnce.

axles F, and H, y

bne and v@perm-mt' with each other sus w stentially as herein seti-orth,

2. 'I also vcaim the manner ei pe'permgj the talow or other sultebe mei'eme ma:

moldng m a cold state, by cutting it. im@

(fprevious to placmg it in the thin shces, 4 cylmder A or the urpose of mvmp; @quei sohdity te the @and es, and unlvmuly ef BENJAMN F. SHELABARGER,

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